# Exploding Topics, $1,000 monthly, 1,000 requests per month, GET /database-search: Keyword research API

> The API gives you programmatic access to our database of 1.1M+ trends, including search volume, growth percentages, trend forecasts, key indicators (growth speed, seasonality, volatility, sentiment), related trends [...]

Exploding Topics's keyword research API on its "1,000 requests per month" plan. It costs $1,000.00 per 1,000 keywords. It returns 2 of the 6 key fields we check: Search volume, Monthly trend.
We haven't run Exploding Topics through [our keyword research API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-keyword-research-api.txt) yet.
Half of the 165 plans we rank by price cost $1.00 per 1,000 keywords or less. This plan costs less per 1,000 keywords than 1% of the 165 plans.
[Mangools's $15 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/mangools/15-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 keywords: as little as $0.0001. Mangools's $15 monthly plan covers up to 5,000,000 keywords a day.
[seodata.dev's $4.99 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/seodata-dev/4-99-monthly/llms.txt) covers any number of keywords. seodata.dev's $4.99 monthly plan costs less up front than Mangools's $15 monthly plan.
[DataForSEO](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/dataforseo/top-up-from-50-pay-as-you-go-post-v3-dataforseo-labs-google-keyword-overview-live/llms.txt), [Bing Webmaster Tools](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/bing-webmaster-tools/free-get-webmaster-api-svc-json-getkeywordstats/llms.txt) and [Mangools](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/mangools/15-monthly/llms.txt) are the best keyword research API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/exploding-topics/1000-monthly-1000-requests-per-month-get-database-search
- [Keyword research API: 7 providers compared on price and data](https://datacircle.dev/best-keyword-research-api.txt)
- Get it: https://explodingtopics.com/feature/et-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=keyword-research-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.explodingtopics.com/api/v1/database-search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://explodingtopics.com/feature/et-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=keyword-research-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://api.explodingtopics.com/docs/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=keyword-research-api-pricing#/default/get_database-search
- Sold by: Exploding Topics (https://explodingtopics.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=keyword-research-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-05

## In the answer

- Completeness: 33%
- Search volume: ✓
- Monthly trend: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 keywords: $1,000.00
- Per: call
- Billing: monthly
- $ a month: $1,000

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Retrieve a list of ET topics · Retrieve a specific ET topic by keyword or path · Retrieve a list of ET startups · Retrieve a list of ET products · Retrieve all ET meta trends

## In their words

- Their pitch: The API gives you programmatic access to our database of 1.1M+ trends, including search volume, growth percentages, trend forecasts, key indicators (growth speed, seasonality, volatility, sentiment), related trends [...]

## Data

- Freshness: 24 hours
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: 6. Proprietary Rights [...] You are prohibited from modifying, copying, distributing, transmitting, displaying, publishing, selling, licensing, creating derivative works or using any content available on or through the Site for commercial or public purposes. Unauthorized use of the Site may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offense. [...] If you need more than 25,000 requests per month or want to use the API for commercial purposes (like integrating it into your product), contact us for custom pricing.

## Plan

- Pay: $1,000
- You get: 1,000 requests a month
- Enough for: 1,000 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: keyword. Optional: response_timeframe
- Method: GET
- Path: /database-search

## About the plan

- Plan: 1,000 requests per month
- Who can get it: anyone with an Exploding Topics Pro Business plan (from $249 a month): the API is an add-on to it

## The 16 fields the plan's answer can hold

keyword, description, categories, topic path, date added, search volume, growth, growth classification, growth trend line, monthly searches, search volume forecast, channel breakdown, related keywords, key indicators, TikTok insights, total results

## Exploding Topics's plans (4)

- [Exploding Topics, $1,000 monthly, 1,000 requests per month, GET /database-search](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/exploding-topics/1000-monthly-1000-requests-per-month-get-database-search/llms.txt): $1,000.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, 24 hours
- [Exploding Topics, $2,000 monthly, 5,000 requests per month, GET /database-search](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/exploding-topics/2000-monthly-5000-requests-per-month-get-database-search/llms.txt): $400.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, 24 hours
- [Exploding Topics, $4,000 monthly, 25,000 requests per month, GET /database-search](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/exploding-topics/4000-monthly-25000-requests-per-month-get-database-search/llms.txt): $160.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, 24 hours
- [Exploding Topics, contact us, More than 25,000 requests per month, or commercial use, GET /database-search](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/exploding-topics/contact-us-more-than-25000-requests-per-month-or-commercial-use-get-database-search/llms.txt): 33% complete, 24 hours

## Exploding Topics's calls for this API (2)

- `GET /database-search`: [Exploding Topics, $1,000 monthly, 1,000 requests per month, GET /database-search](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/exploding-topics/1000-monthly-1000-requests-per-month-get-database-search/llms.txt)
- `GET /topic`: [Exploding Topics, $1,000 monthly, 1,000 requests per month, GET /topic](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/exploding-topics/1000-monthly-1000-requests-per-month-get-topic/llms.txt)

## Exploding Topics's APIs (2)

- [Exploding Topics: company discovery API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/exploding-topics/1000-monthly/llms.txt)
- [Exploding Topics: keyword research API pricing, 4 plans, GET /database-search](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/exploding-topics/1000-monthly-1000-requests-per-month-get-database-search/llms.txt)

## Exploding Topics: keyword research API alternatives

- [Rush Analytics, $49 monthly, Pro, POST /create/adwords](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/rush-analytics/49-monthly-pro-post-create-adwords/llms.txt): $1.40 per 1,000, 17% complete, live
- [Answer Socrates, $39 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/answer-socrates/39-monthly/llms.txt): $78.00 per 1,000, 0% complete, live
- [kwrds.ai, $99 monthly, Full API Access, POST /search-volume](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/kwrds-ai/99-monthly-full-api-access-post-search-volume/llms.txt): $82.50 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [DataForSEO, top-up from $50, Pay as you go, POST /v3/keywords_data/google_ads/search_volume/live](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/dataforseo/top-up-from-50-pay-as-you-go-post-v3-keywords-data-google-ads-search-volume-live/llms.txt): $90.00 per 1,000, 67% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-05.

- https://api.explodingtopics.com/docs/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=keyword-research-api-pricing
- https://api.explodingtopics.com/docs/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=keyword-research-api-pricing
- https://api.explodingtopics.com/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=keyword-research-api-pricing
- https://explodingtopics.com/feature/et-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=keyword-research-api-pricing
- https://explodingtopics.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=keyword-research-api-pricing
- https://explodingtopics.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=keyword-research-api-pricing